Things are getting better for very poor people in Nigeria - President Tinubu’s aide

President Bola Ahmed Tinubus Special Adviser on Economic Affairs, Tope Fasua, says the living condition of poor people in Nigeria is getting better by the day. Fasua made the remark during an interview with Channels Television while defending the Tinubu administrations handling of poverty and the economy. In his wordsThe solution to poverty, really, that I was talking about is actually at the local government level, and thats the reason why the president has advocated for local government autonomy and has also ensured that the states are a lot more powerful now in terms of the funding that theyre getting. And I mentioned to you the fact that, you know, those days when civil servants would be owed 18 months, 12 months, six months, its gone.Pensioners are getting their money a lot, and I think thats where it matters. And of course, opposition will think that its a government that actually pushes finances to the state and the local government, okay, that ensures that salaries are paid on time and the most vulnerable part of our population actually gets something. So Im saying that, look, I can tell you, I can tell you that, honestly, for the very poor people in this country, the situation is getting better and perhaps better than it used to be, honestly.Because if you are raising money to local government and to state government, that is where its at. But actually, we cannot go and give the local manlet me tell you, the lessons learned from the China Poverty Eradication Programme, what they did was to get documentation on every household. So if you really want to solve the poverty problem, you are talking about getting documentation on each household.The federal government knows that you cannot do that; you can only do that through the local government, through the state government. And so these monies that have been pushed to them are what are going to win the election for us. I have no doubt that Bola Ahmed Tinubu is coming back in 2027 anyway.     View this post on Instagram           A post shared by Lindaikejiblog (@lindaikejiblogofficial) The post Things are getting better for very poor people in Nigeria - President Tinubus aide appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.